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Came across this already today. In order for the creative director to view the site on my local machine he asked for the IP address. I decided instead to install a local DNS server. Am I crazy? Also, anyone else know of an easy way to get PCs to recognize the computername.local address that Mac's have? Otherwise, I'll just keep configuring the DNS.

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This will help you, it's a windows implimentation of zero conf, which mac's use for that host name.

http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/download/

Set up a dev server?

Good call. Anyone willing to donate one? We're in the NYC area. Bootstrap startup. All of our money goes towards keeping the site running.

Why does your bootstrap startup have a creative director? What does this person do?

We are equal partners. Is it so strange? We come from the advertising world. He is an award winning creative director. I was the CTO at our former employer.

A cheapo box with Ubuntu on it could probably be had used for under $200. For instance, this box is overkill for what you need:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/1229891889.html

That makes perfect sense. I didn't mean to sound harsh. "Creative director" sounds like someone who tells a bunch of people what to do but doesn't do much him/herself. Glad to hear that's not the case.

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